CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) Jammu hosted National Science Day celebrations with over 100 students from 20 schools. The event, under the theme “Empowering Indian Youth for Global Leadership in Science & Innovation for Viksit Bharat,” included activities like lab visits, scientific model competitions, a quiz, and extempore contests. Winners included: APS Damana (1st prize in quiz), APS Jammu Cantt. (2nd prize) and APS Akhnoor (3rd prize). In the model competition, BVM High School Hiranagar won first, followed by Happy Model Higher Secondary and Springdales English School. Bavleen Kour (APS Jammu Cantt.) won the extempore competition. Dignitaries present were Dr. Zabeer Ahmed, Director, CSIR-IIIM, Dr. Asha Chaubey, Senior Principal Scientist and Er Abdul Rahim (Head RMBD & IST Division).